This bookclub was started through the Community Library at Thirroul on the Illawarra region of coastal NSW in Australia.
We had our first meeting on 15 September 2009 and meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 5.30pm. If you live nearby and love books and reading, come along and join us!
Also, check us out on the Wollongong Readers Blog
20 Jan - Ahn do The happiest Refugee
17 Feb - Richard Flanagan - the road to the deep north
17 Mar - Salman Rushdie - the enchantress of Florence
21 Apr - tba - no copies of elizabeth Taylor's book
19 May - Margaret Atwood - the blind assassin
16 Jun - Cuckoos calling - Robert Galbraith (j k Rowling)
21 Jul - Importance of being earnest - Oscar Wilde plus movie
18 Aug - George Orwell - Animal Farm
15 Sep - This boys life - Tobias Wolff
20 Oct - All that I am -Anna funder
17 Nov - Eucalyptus- Murray bail
15 Dec - One Sunday -Joy Dettman
Meeting & Book Schedule for 2014
21 January - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
18 February - Bliss by Peter Carey
18 March - Night of the Seventh Dream by Lucy Lewandowski
15 April - Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
20 May - Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser
17 June - The Railwayman's Wife by Ashley Hay
15 July - Dreaming of Zhou Gong by Traci Harding
19 August - The Undying by Mudrooroo
16 September - Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (Let's celebrate our 5th Birthday!!)
21 October - On the Trail of Genghis Khan by Tim Cope
18 November - The Letters of Rachel Henning
16 December - Coondaroo by Katherine Susannah Pritchard
Meeting & Book Schedule for 2013
15 January - Thank You Jeeves by PG Wodehouse 19 February - The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe 19 March - Suite Francais by Irene Nemirovsky 16 April - The Hours by Michael Cunningham 21 May - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 18 June - Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres 16 July - The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling 20 August - Breath by Tim Winton 17 September - Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks 15 October - Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner 19 November - Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner 17 December - Harp in the South by Ruth Park
Meeting & Book Schedule for 2012
17 January - The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
21 February - Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hern
20 March - The Bride Stripped Bare by Nikki Gemmell
17 April - Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
22 May - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
19 June - Eye of the Storm by Patrick White
17 July - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
21 August - The Well by Elizabeth Jolley
18 September - Carrie by Stephen King
16 October - The Power Book by Jeanette Winterson
20 November - Faerie Tale by Raymond Feist
18 December - Time Machine by H. G. Wells
Meeting & Book Schedule for 2011
18 January - Wild Lavender by Belinda Alexander
15 February - Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adam
15 March - Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
19 April - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
17 May - An Imaginery Life by David Malouf
21 June - The time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
26 July (meeting a week later than usual at Bar Next to Samuels for Donella's birthday celebration) - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
16 August - The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
20 September - Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
18 October - Persuasion by Jane Austen
15 November - The Thirty Nine Steps by John Buchan 20 December (meeting at Bar Next to Samuels for Christmas celebrations) - Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Meeting & Book Schedule for 2010
January 19
The Shifting Fog, Kate Morton
February 16
A Spot of Bother, Mark Haddon
March 16
The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara also wrote 'The Poisonwood Bible' ...
15 September 2009
The Bonesetter's Daughter, Amy Tan
Most of the group enjoyed the book. We identified themes of mother/daughter relationships, family and tradition, culture, spirituality. The metaphor of the bone was sprinkled through the book, from the fractured foot of Luling's father to the fractious relationships of Ruth, Luling, Gaoling and Art. See Review.
20 October 2009
The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
See Review. Some had also read A Thousand Splendid Suns by same author. Shared Books: Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin (Judy) The Murrumbidgee Kid, Barbed Wire & Roses by Peter Yeldham (Kerrie) Poem: Country Towns by Kenneth Slessor (Vicki)
17 November 2009
My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Piccoult
Tuesday Bookclub
This bookclub was started through the Community Library at Thirroul on the Illawarra region of coastal NSW in Australia.
We had our first meeting on 15 September 2009 and meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 5.30pm. If you live nearby and love books and reading, come along and join us!
Also, check us out on the Wollongong Readers Blog
2016 Booklist - click here
Meetings & Books for 2015:
20 Jan - Ahn do The happiest Refugee
17 Feb - Richard Flanagan - the road to the deep north
17 Mar - Salman Rushdie - the enchantress of Florence
21 Apr - tba - no copies of elizabeth Taylor's book
19 May - Margaret Atwood - the blind assassin
16 Jun - Cuckoos calling - Robert Galbraith (j k Rowling)
21 Jul - Importance of being earnest - Oscar Wilde plus movie
18 Aug - George Orwell - Animal Farm
15 Sep - This boys life - Tobias Wolff
20 Oct - All that I am -Anna funder
17 Nov - Eucalyptus- Murray bail
15 Dec - One Sunday -Joy Dettman
Meeting & Book Schedule for 2014
21 January - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent18 February - Bliss by Peter Carey
18 March - Night of the Seventh Dream by Lucy Lewandowski
15 April - Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
20 May - Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser
17 June - The Railwayman's Wife by Ashley Hay
15 July - Dreaming of Zhou Gong by Traci Harding
19 August - The Undying by Mudrooroo
16 September - Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (Let's celebrate our 5th Birthday!!)
21 October - On the Trail of Genghis Khan by Tim Cope
18 November - The Letters of Rachel Henning
16 December - Coondaroo by Katherine Susannah Pritchard
Meeting & Book Schedule for 2013
15 January - Thank You Jeeves by PG Wodehouse19 February - The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
19 March - Suite Francais by Irene Nemirovsky
16 April - The Hours by Michael Cunningham
21 May - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
18 June - Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
16 July - The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
20 August - Breath by Tim Winton
17 September - Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
15 October - Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
19 November - Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner
17 December - Harp in the South by Ruth Park
Meeting & Book Schedule for 2012
17 January - The Life of Pi by Yann Martel21 February - Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hern
20 March - The Bride Stripped Bare by Nikki Gemmell
17 April - Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
22 May - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
19 June - Eye of the Storm by Patrick White
17 July - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
21 August - The Well by Elizabeth Jolley
18 September - Carrie by Stephen King
16 October - The Power Book by Jeanette Winterson
20 November - Faerie Tale by Raymond Feist
18 December - Time Machine by H. G. Wells
Meeting & Book Schedule for 2011
18 January - Wild Lavender by Belinda Alexander
15 February - Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adam
15 March - Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
19 April - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
17 May - An Imaginery Life by David Malouf
21 June - The time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
26 July (meeting a week later than usual at Bar Next to Samuels for Donella's birthday celebration) - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
16 August - The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
20 September - Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
18 October - Persuasion by Jane Austen
15 November - The Thirty Nine Steps by John Buchan
20 December (meeting at Bar Next to Samuels for Christmas celebrations) - Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Meeting & Book Schedule for 2010
The Shifting Fog, Kate Morton
A Spot of Bother, Mark Haddon
The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
The Bonesetter's Daughter, Amy Tan
My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Piccoult
A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian, Marina Lewycka
See Review.